Bachenkall and other members of the bridge crew watch the passing Darth Vader.
The Human male Bachenkall served in the Imperial Navy during the Galactic Civil War. He graduated from the Imperial Training Academy on the planet Raithal, a naval school that trained pilots in capital starship helm tactics. By early 3 ABY, Bachenkall had risen to the rank of warrant officer and served with the Imperial Death Squadron aboard the Star Dreadnought Executor, the personal flagship of Lord Darth Vader, as a helmsman under Lieutenant Commander Ardan's supervision.
In 3 ABY, Bachenkall was present within the Executors starboard command pit when Vader strode across the bridge's command walkway to discuss the findings of a Viper probe droid in the Hoth system with Fleet Admiral Kendal Ozzel and Captain Firmus Piett. Along with the rest of the crewmen within the command pit, Bachenkall watched in fearful silence as the Dark Lord passed above them. The probe droid's data revealed the location of Echo Base, the Rebel Alliance's headquarters on the planet Hoth, leading to the Executors participation in the subsequent Battle of Hoth.
Bachenkall was typical of graduates of the Empire's Training Academy on Raithal, where he was trained in capital starship helm tactics.
Bachenkall wore a light gray technician's uniform and a dark gray cap with a headset comlink.
Bachenkall made his first appearance in the film Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back as an unidentified extra among Darth Vader's bridge crew. The character's name and elements of his backstory were introduced in the Dagobah Limited expansion set of Decipher, Inc.'s Star Wars Customizable Card Game, released in 1997.
The character name "Bachenkall" is an anagram of Decipher game playtester Chuck Kallenbach.
- The Empire Strikes Back Notebook
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game — Dagobah Limited
- Star Wars: The Annotated Screenplays
- Star Wars: Behind the Magic
- The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia